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Contact Information

Name Govind M. Chari
Email gmc93@cornell.edu

Experience

  • June 2025 - Sept 2025

    Bellevue, WA

    Applied Scientist Intern
    Amazon
    • Large scale optimization in Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT).
  • Sept 2024 - Dec 2024

    Cambridge, MA

    Research Intern
    Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab
    • Optimization algorithms research hosted by Dr. Arvind Raghunathan.
  • June 2024 - Sept 2024

    Costa Mesa, CA

    Guidance, Navigation, and Control Intern
    Anduril Industries
    • Trajectory optimization for Fury and Roadrunner.
  • June 2023 - Sept 2023

    Redmond, WA

    Software Engineering Intern
    SpaceX
    • Beam planning for Starlink.
  • June 2022 - Aug 2022

    Hawthorne, CA

    Guidance, Navigation, and Control Intern
    SpaceX
    • Entry guidance analysis for Dragon.
  • June 2021 - Aug 2021

    Hawthorne, CA

    Propulsion Analysis Intern
    SpaceX
    • Structural and thermal analysis for Raptor.

Education

  • 2022 - 2026

    Seattle, Washington

    PhD
    University of Washington
    Aeronautics and Astronautics
    • Advised by Professor Behçet Açıkmeşe.
    • Thesis: Structure-Exploiting and Accelerated Methods for Convex Optimization.
  • 2019 - 2022

    Ithaca, New York

    BS
    Cornell University
    Mechanical Engineering
    • Graduated in three years.
    • Achieved highest GPA in MechE graduating class.